Robert Ironside

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Robert Ironside
Personal information
Full nameRobert W Ironside
Date of birth (1967-08-20) 20 August 1967
Place of birthNew Zealand
Playing positionMidfield/Center Back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1985–1987North Shore United68(12)
1987–1995/1997Sydney Olympic152(38)
1998–2000Newcastle Breakers58(14)
1995-1996South China38
National team
1987–1993New Zealand56(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Robert Ironside (born 20 August 1967) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1]

Club career

His club career began with North Shore United before he moved to Australia to join Sydney Olympic in the Australian National Soccer League. After seven seasons with Sydney, Ironside moved for two seasons to Newcastle Breakers[2] He had a year playing for South China and came back to Australia played one season with Sydney Olympic before finishing off in Newcastle

International career

Ironside made his All White debut in a 1-1 draw over Australia national football team on 16 August 1990 and went on to make a total of 56 official A-international appearances in which he scored eleven goals, his final cap earned in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993.[3][4] Altogether, including unofficial matches, Ironside played 72 matches for the All Whites.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
  2. ↑ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 
  3. ↑ "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  4. ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
  5. ↑ "All Whites - Honours". NZ Football. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 

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